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VARIOUS CONTAINERS FOR NON BLOOD SPECIMEN
No. Container Additives Type of test Remarks
Semen analysis
Urine, Cerebrospinal
Universal sterile fluid, Stool, Pus, SPECIMEN CONTAINERS
1 -
container Body fluid, Sputum,
Tissue culture and
sensitivity.
25 ml urine
Boric acid sterile Urine culture and
2 volume is
container sensitivity only.
compulsory.
Urine dipstick
3 Sterile container Urine microscopy -
Urine pregnancy test
24 hours urine 24 hours urine col-
4 -
container lection
Culture media
consist of Blood The media is
agar, Chocolate Corneal scrapping cul- available at
5
agar, Mac Conkey ture and sensitivity. microbiology
agar and Saboraud lab.
agar.
Use perna-
Charcoal culture sal swab to
media collect the
swab from
Bordetella pertussis nasopharyn-
6
isolation geal area and
inoculate on
the charcoal
culture media
Pernasal swab immediately.
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